Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 63206

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust: Heart Diseases

Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 3 July 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with fire and rescue services in the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust area on phasing out co-responder schemes for Category 1 cardiac inc

Answer

Karin Smyth
No discussions have been held. Operational decisions on how best to improve services for patients and deliver value for money are taken at a local level by the relevant ambulance trust.